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    Tim Hagen

    Tim Hagen

    Tim Hagen founded Progress Coaching, a Training Reinforcement Partner Company, in 1997. His entrepreneurial career began in college leading to positions in sales, sales management, and sales training for small and large corporations, and eventually ownership of several training companies. Tim is often a keynote speaker at companies teaching the value of coaching and conversations in the workplace. He possesses a unique combination of hands-on experience, academics, and innovative insight to solve the industry’s most common challenges specific to workplace performance. Tim holds a bachelor’s degree in Adult Education and Training from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
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    The Coaching 360 Revolution

    Mon,Jun 09,2025 @ 07:45 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    The Coaching 360 Revolution

    Let me introduce you to Progress Coaching 360™. How do we bring coaching full circle inside an organization?

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    Why Tiny Coaching Nudges Create Massive Shifts in Workplace Behavior

    Mon,Jun 02,2025 @ 04:26 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Why Tiny Coaching Nudges Create Massive Shifts in Workplace Behavior

    Welcome to Coaching Nudges. What are coaching nudges? Coaching nudges are small video or text-based quotes, or suggested actions that are sent in small amounts on a regular cadence. Let me give you an example.

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    Reverse Engineered Coaching: Part 3 - What Are We Coaching To?

    Mon,May 26,2025 @ 08:00 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Reverse Engineered Coaching: Part 3 - What Are We Coaching To?

    This month we've really focused on something called Reverse Engineered Coaching. How does it work?

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    Reverse Engineered Coaching: Part 2

    Mon,May 19,2025 @ 07:45 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Reverse Engineered Coaching: Part 2

    Welcome to Reverse Engineered Coaching, part 2.

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    Welcome to Reverse Engineered Coaching

    Mon,May 12,2025 @ 07:45 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Welcome to Reverse Engineered Coaching

    For many years, we've had the battle of training leaders how to coach and training coaches how to coach. Yet coaches typically have a pretty specific objective: to provide coaching. Leaders and HR often get the objection that people don't have time for coaching. I've always laughed at that because when I think about it, while I'm sure the objection is real,..

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    Are You Accidentally Pushing Away Career-Changing Advice?

    Mon,May 05,2025 @ 07:45 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Are you ready to eat? Specifically, are you ready to EAT feedback?

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    The Power of Pen and Paper

    Mon,Apr 28,2025 @ 07:45 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    The Power of Pen and Paper

    In developing ourselves and helping develop other people, one of the forgotten arts is journaling. I have become a huge journaling advocate, probably for the last 20+ years. Even though I'm not a coffee drinker, I'll often just go to a coffee shop, pull out a notebook and just write ideas, observations, ideas for the companies, messages I want to send to clients,..

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    The Practice Effect: Why Leadership Coaching Matters

    Mon,Apr 21,2025 @ 07:45 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    The Practice Effect: Why Leadership Coaching Matters

    After 30+ years of teaching leaders how to coach, I still get the question a lot:

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    Beyond the Calendar: Try CADENCE Coaching

    Mon,Apr 14,2025 @ 07:45 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Beyond the Calendar: Try CADENCE Coaching

    More and more tools are coming out in the workplace coaching sphere that allow us to have asynchronous conversations. Asynchronous means something that doesn't always occur at the same time, much like the traditional coaching method of set weekly or monthly sessions. Asynchronous is more flexible whenever you need it.

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    Mastering Emotions at Work

    Mon,Apr 07,2025 @ 07:45 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    When we think about emotional intelligence (EQ), it's really about understanding your emotions. Most people, especially in high school or college, don't typically attend semester year-long courses in emotional intelligence. Yet what if they would? What if they could? What if universities offered it? What a wonderful opportunity.

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